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Relating to the missing person information clearinghouse and missing and murdered indigenous women and children
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to missing and murdered indigenous women and children. The bill directs the office to combat human trafficking to promote training on human trafficking investigations and prosecutions related to missing and murdered indigenous women and children to various entities as detailed in the bill. The bill directs the department of public safety (department) to develop training programs for local law enforcement personnel concerning appropriate procedures to report missing indigenous women and children to the missing person information clearinghouse and to provide specialized training to law enforcement officers on conducting investigations related to missing and murdered indigenous women and children.
Read the full explanation
The department is required to prepare guidelines and uniform procedures for the reporting and investigation of missing and murdered indigenous women and children and distribute such guidelines and procedures to law enforcement agencies throughout the state. The department is also required to collect data and information related to missing indigenous women and children in this state and cooperate with the entities detailed in the bill to investigate and locate the missing indigenous women and children.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 11, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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